Pulley-plate



E. H. HAMILTON.

' PULLEY PLATE. APPL ICAIION FILED NOV. 25,1919.

1,346,747. P ented July 13, 1920.

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a citizen of the United States," residing .at.

\Vashington, in the District of Columbia, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Pulley-Plates,.of which the following is aspecification. V. This invention relates'broadly to casement draperies.1

An object of the invention is to provide, in combination with a draperysupporting pole, pulley plates which have trained around the pulleysthereof the strands of a cord orlikefieX-ible element, which isconnected to the rings on the pole that support the confronting edges ofthe draperies, and whereby a pull on one ofthe strandswill draw thedraperies away from each other and a pull on the other strand will drawthe' draperies toward each other. 1 Y

A'further object of the invention is to provide means which may beattached to any or-' dinary construction of drapery pole supportswhereby the draperies may-be adjusted with respect to each other withoutnecessitating the handling of the said draperies.

-It is a further-object to produce a pulley;

plate designed for use in connection with drapery pole supports, thatshall be of a simple nature, cheaply manufactured and marketed, easilyapplied, and thoroughly efficient for the purpose devised.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation of a. casementillustrating the application of the improvement.

Fig. 2 is an approximately central vertical longitudinal sectional viewthrough one of the drapery pole supports and through one of the pulleyplates which is attached to the said support.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the pulley plates.

Fig. 4 is a similar view of another pulley plate.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view, approximately 7 similar to Fig. 2, butillustrating an angle pole support and a slight modification of thepulley plate.

In the drawings the numeral 10 designates a casement frame. Between thesides and adjacent to the top of the frame 10 there is supported adrapery carrying pole 29. This pole has its ends received in sockets28that are provided with interior threads to engage with the exteriorthreads on bosses 27 that l Specification of Letters 'l atenti whichareattached to the inner L E -PP 'E- a Application fi1ed Novemb erl25,1919. Serial No. 340,590.

ar eicarried by plates-25i Theplates'25rhave openings 26 therethrough'for the receptionof securing elements. The foregoing construe-- tion iscommon to'the art, but inconnectlon am-ea,Jm'e iai I Y ment such as acord and'. attach the sameto the confronting-ends of'therings 80 and 31draperies (not"shown),

Ofcourse other ringsare arranged-on the pole and are also attachedto thedraperies.

endsxof theence characters indicating the parts ofzone may be understoodas equally applicable to the other. The pulley plates are indicated bythe numerals 11 and 12 respectively. Each pulley plateis.constructed,preferably,- from'a single pieceofmaterial,metal-preferred, and bent or otherwise formed to pro-I videparallel spaced members 18. and ;;14

which, in the construction illustrated "in Figs. 3 and 2 have theirconfronting edges provided with a central reduced strip, and

thisstrip is bent laterally to provideupper and lower spaced members15and 16 and an end connecting portion 17 therefor. The ends ;ofthe'spaced members 13 and 14 are thus providedwith an open foot portion,and journaled therein is a pulley wheel 18.

Inthe construction illustrated byFig. 4'

the foot portion for the offset ends 15 and16 of the members 13 and 14are arranged in contacting engagement "and the outer end thereof isrounded upon itself, as at 19 to provide a bearing for a shaft 21 onwhich is journaled a pair of spaced pulleys 22. The foot portion of themember 12 is'slitted both longitudinally and transverselyand thematerial bounded by the slits is bent outwardly to provide stop members20 which hold the pulleys 22 out of contacting engagement with eachother.

. The front and rear portions, or plates 13 and .14 of the members 11and 12 have, at their upper ends, round openings 23 which receivetherethroughth'e bosses 27 on the pole supprting plates 25. These bossesare passed through the openings by bending one of the plates, say theplate 14 away from the plate 13 after the body plates 25 of the polesupports have been arranged between the plates 13 and 14 of the members1l'and 12. It should here be, stated that the mem 6O with my improvedpulley plates, hereinafter bers 11 and 12 are preferably Constructed ofspring material. When the bosses are passed through the-openings in themembersi 11 and 12, the socket members 28, which may have beenpreviously arranged on'the pole 29 will be brought to threadedly en-' 7i gage with the bosses and contacting with the lower: securingelements27 which 7 the outer plates" 14 force-the same toward 'the plates 13 totightly grip the body plates 7 '25 between thesaid plates 13 andl l.-The outerplates 14 may be'providedwithelongated slots 24 so that thelower opening 26 in 'the' body plates 25 may properlyreceive also passthrough the slots 24.

' jThe flexible pull Icord has one its 1 strands 32 trainedover one ofthe pulleys 22', knotted, as at 33, to the ring 30 'andiis from thencepassed around thcpulley 18 05 the memberll, knotted to the ring 31, as"

indicated'by the numeral 34:, passed over the second pulley'22 andterminating in a sec 0nd pull cord 35. It will be. apparent that when adownward pull is exerted on the strand 32 the ring will first be drawnto ward the ring 31, and thereafter the. ring 31 will be drawn towardthe ring 30, thus Y bringing the confronting edges of the dra-.journaled and a body comprising spaced plates 37 and 38. Both of theplates are provided with alined round openings 39. Between the plates isreceived the body plate or member 40 of the curtain pole supportingbracket. Thesupporting bracket has an angular base 41 provided withopenings 42 for the attaching nails or screws.

The pulley plate 36 may be reversely positioned 0n thesupporting'bracket, that is the v boss 43 011 the plate 40 may be passedthrough either opening 39 in either the drapery pole.

I1'*vingfthus' described the invention, what I claim is plate 37- or'38. *The bossis threaded and is engaged by'the interior threads on asocket member 1 1 that receives one end of the 1.. In combination with adrapery Lpole support comprising a plate having a threaded boss-thereonand a threaded'socket engaging with the boss to receive the end {of thepole; of'apulley plate comprising 7 ceived between the saidmembersQ-said' socketwhen screwed upon the boss deslgned to Contact withone of the saidmemberg; said members having an offset footpo'rtion" andpulleys journaled therein.

spaced resilient members having an opening therethrough to. receive :theboss when the imembers are spread apart previous to the I applicationofthe socket onthe boss and re- '-2. In combination with a two piece drapery carrying pole and support for the ends thereof, the latterincluding each a plate having openings .for securing means, a

threaded boss and a removable interiorly threaded sleevedesigned toengage with the boss; of pulley carrying members, each in eluding:spaced plates havingopenings therethrough designed to receivetherebetween the body plate of the support and to" have' passed throughthe'said openings the boss'portions of the supports, said'members"having elongated slots therethrough regis tering with the lower'openingsin the body plates of the supports, oflset feet on the lower portions ofthe members, pulley wheels carried thereby, and a flexible elementtrained around said wheels and connected to the confrontlng edges of thedraperies, as and for the purpose setforth.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature EDDIE H. nAninroN.

